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Dr. Wood is a soil scientist in the Global Lands team. He is working to develop cutting-edge science to support soil activities across The Nature Conservancy. Steve has a highly interdisciplinary background, with degrees in ecology, economics, and philosophy. His specific topical expertise is in soil and ecosystem ecology, sustainable agriculture, sustainability science, and statistical modeling. Steve’s past geographical focus was mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, though his work at the Conservancy is global in scope.

Before joining The Nature Conservancy, Steve was a NatureNet Science Fellow mentored by Jon Fisher at TNC and Mark Bradford at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. His fellowship focused on measuring the impact of Conservancy activities on different types of soil carbon in working lands around the world. He specifically worked in row crop agriculture and rangeland systems ranging from the Sacramento River Delta of California to arid rangelands in northern Kenya.

Steve is the lead on a SNAPP working group to build quantitative targets for managing soils for conservation goals. The group specifically focuses on synthesizing data to determine the impact of soil carbon changes on environmental and agronomic outcomes in Midwest agriculture and California rangelands.

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